Associate Professor Neil Armitage

Designation: Associate Professor: Department of Civil Engineering
Expertise: Holistic solutions to the delivery of water services (water, sanitation and stormwater) in southern African cities

Associate Professor Neil Armitage

Biography

Originally from Zimbabwe, Associate Professor Neil Armitage is a graduate of the Universities of Natal, Cape Town and Stellenbosch (all in South Africa). He has more than 25 years experience, both as a consultant and an academic, in a wide range of water-related work including; urban water supply, sanitation, urban drainage, river modelling, water and wastewater treatment, hydrology and coastal engineering.

Currently he is Head of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Cape Town with responsibility for the Undergraduate Civil Engineering Programme. In addition to this, he teaches urban water services and professional practice to undergraduate students, and various courses in urban water management and urban drainage to postgraduate students. Neil is very active in research.

He leads the cross-disciplinary Urban Water Management group which is currently investigating:

  • The measurement of sustainability in the provision of urban water services for the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF),
  • Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS)(WRC), and
  • Alternative sewerage systems (WRC).

He is also a member of various Reference Groups for other WRC research projects. Neil is currently the only African representative on the Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (JCUD) of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research and the International Water Association (IAHR/IWA). He is also involved in the Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and the Sewer Systems and Processes (SS&PWG) Working Groups under the JCUD. Neil has been a member of the Scientific Committee for a number of international conferences, is frequently asked to be a referee for scientific publications, and is often invited to be external examiner for post-graduate theses. He has authored or co-authored some 50 academic publications. He is currently rated as a C1 Researcher with the NRF.

Journals

  • Armitage NP & Rooseboom A: 'The removal of litter from stormwater conduits in the developing world'. Water Science & Technology, Vol. 39, No. 9, pp 277-284, ISSN 0273-1223, IWA Publishing, 1998.
  • Neil Armitage & Albert Rooseboom: 'The removal of urban litter from stormwater conduits and streams: Paper 1 - The quantities involved and catchment litter management options'. Water SA, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp 181-187, ISSN 0378-4738, Water Research Commission, April 2000.
  • Neil Armitage & Albert Rooseboom: 'The removal of urban litter from stormwater conduits and streams: Paper 2 - Model studies of potential trapping structures'. Water SA, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp 189-194, ISSN 0378-4738, Water Research Commission, April 2000.
  • Neil Armitage & Albert Rooseboom: 'The removal of urban litter from stormwater conduits and streams: Paper 3 - Selecting the most suitable trap'. Water SA, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp 195-204, ISSN 0378-4738, Water Research Commission, April 2000.
  • Mark Marais, Neil Armitage & Sonja Pithey: 'A study of the litter loadings in urban drainage systems - methodology and objectives'. Water Science & Technology, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp 99-108, ISSN 0273-1223, IWA Publishing, 2001.
  • Marais MJ, Armitage NP & Wise C: 'The measurement and reduction of urban litter entering stormwater drainage systems: Paper 1 - Quantifying the problem using the City of Cape Town as a case study'. Water SA, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp 469-482, ISSN 0378- 4738, Water Research Commission, October 2004.
  • Marais MJ & Armitage NP: 'The measurement and reduction of urban litter entering stormwater drainage systems: Paper 2 - Strategies for reducing the litter in the stormwater drainage systems.' Water SA, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp 483-492, ISSN 0378-4738, Water Research Commission, October 2004.
  • Kirsty Carden, Neil Armitage, Kevin Winter, Owen Sichone, Ulrike Rivett & Justine Kahonde: 'The use and disposal of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa: Paper 1 - Quantifying the greywater generated and assessing its quality'. Water SA, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp 425-432, ISSN 0378-4738 / 1816-7950, Water Research Commission, July 2007.
  • Kirsty Carden, Neil Armitage, Owen Sichone & Kevin Winter: 'The use and disposal of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa: Paper 2 - Greywater management options'. Water SA, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp 433-432, ISSN 0378-4738 / 1816-7950, Water Research Commission, July 2007.
  • Neil Armitage: 'The reduction of urban litter in the stormwater drains of South Africa'. Urban Water Journal Vol. 4, No. 3, pp 151-172, ISSN 1573-062X, Taylor & Francis Ltd, September 2007.
  • Carden, K., Armitage, N., Winter, K., Sichone, O. & Rivett, U (2008): 'The management of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa', Urban Water Journal. Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 329-343, ISSN 1573-062X, Taylor & Francis Ltd, December 2008.
  • SCP De Carvalho, KJ Carden & NP Armitage: Application of a sustainability index for integrated urban water management in southern African cities: Case study comparison - Maputo and Hermanus. Water SA, Vol. 35 No. 2 pp 144-151 ISSN 0378-4738 / 1816-7950, Water Research Commission, (Special WISA 2008 edition) 2009.
  • Armitage, N.P., Winter, K., Spiegel, A. and Kruger, E: Community-focused greywater management in two informal settlements in South Africa. Water Science and Technology, Vol 59 (12), pp. 2341-2350, ISSN 0273-1223, IWA Publishing, 2009.
  • Neil Armitage & Albert Rooseboom: The link between Movability Number and incipient motion in river sediments. Water SA, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp 89-96, ISSN 0378-4738 / 1816-7950, Water Research Commission, January 2010.
  • K D Hogan & N P Armitage: Statistical design flood peak determination in gauged catchments in the Eastern Cape. SAICE Journal (submitted).
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